Why can't I find my laptop online?

‎11-07-201803:22 PM - edited ‎11-07-201803:57 PM

Honest question here - I recently recieved a Yoga 720 13 inch from my GF because she is buying the new Mac air instead and my Thinkpad Yoga 14 started to have hardware issues, and the specs on this machine are 16GB RAM, Intel i7-8550U CPU, 1TB SSD and the 4K display. This is a pretty new laptop (Bought a month ago) and I looked it up online because my friend wanted to buy the same machine as me because he liked it so much. However, all the Yoga 720s that I find have the 16GB RAM, 256-512GB RAM, and the 1080P display without 4K. So i'm just wondering why my specific machine with the specs listed is unable to be found anywhere. It just puzzles me and i'm honestly just curious why my combination of specs is hard to find.

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Re: Why can't I find my laptop online?

‎11-07-201804:52 PM

Personally I think its because they have come out with the 730 model. So 720 will get harder to find. With that being said i did find that model on Ebay with those specs. That model was released almost 1 year ago per psref.

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True, makes sense that they could condense the 720 lineup since the 730 its is successor. The Amazon laptop actually looks pretty good, better graphics too. Only thing is the screen is 15" but we'll see if he even minds that.

Re: Why can't I find my laptop online?

Personally I think its because they have come out with the 730 model. So 720 will get harder to find. With that being said i did find that model on Ebay with those specs. That model was released almost 1 year ago per psref.

Makes sense. Just wondering though, whats the main difference between the 730 and 720 anyway? My laptop has the 8th gen processor just like the 730 as well. I looked at the 730 and the highest spec version they offer has the exact same internals as my 720, only difference is that the 730 does not the 4K display. I'm guessing that Lenovo decided to reserve the 4K display for the upper trim Yoga 920 series laptop.

Re: Why can't I find my laptop online?

...True, makes sense that they could condense the 720 lineup since the 730 its is successor. The Amazon laptop actually looks pretty good, better graphics too. Only thing is the screen is 15" but we'll see if he even minds that.

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I looked at the 730 and the highest spec version they offer has the exact same internals as my 720, only difference is that the 730 does not the 4K display. I'm guessing that Lenovo decided to reserve the 4K display for the upper trim Yoga 920 series laptop.

Sorry. In the excitement I missed that the Amazon unit was a 15-incher.

[edit to add] The 730 base spec includes 4k models, and Best Buy offers them in a 13.3" size.

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Re: Why can't I find my laptop online?

...True, makes sense that they could condense the 720 lineup since the 730 its is successor. The Amazon laptop actually looks pretty good, better graphics too. Only thing is the screen is 15" but we'll see if he even minds that.

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I looked at the 730 and the highest spec version they offer has the exact same internals as my 720, only difference is that the 730 does not the 4K display. I'm guessing that Lenovo decided to reserve the 4K display for the upper trim Yoga 920 series laptop.

Sorry. In the excitement I missed that the Amazon unit was a 15-incher.

[edit to add] The 730 base spec includes 4k models, and Best Buy offers them in a 13.3" size.

Jackpot. Exact same computer only difference is that it has the 512GB SSD but thats not a big deal. It even says 720 in the best buy description, looks like it really was just a number change. Showed this to him and he said that he is most likely going to order it.